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Blog Salon: Nonprofit Racial Diversity

This week, Washington, DC’s Black Philanthropic Alliance is hosting a blog salon on nonprofit racial diversity.  One of the questions asked by the Alliance was how can donors and philanthropy help to increase racial diversity in nonprofit leadership?

I’m very pleased that the post I wrote in response, “Donors and Funders Should Help Build the Pipeline“, was selected for inclusion in the salon, and that I was able to contribute to this important conversation.

Quixote, We Hardly Even Knew Ya!

“He was spurred on by the conviction that
the world needed his immediate presence.”
– Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote

For 400 years, Don Quixote has stood as one of the most influential works of Western literature. The official lifespan of the Quixote Foundation, named after Miguel de Cervantes‘ whimsical character, will be only 20 years, but the foundation’s leaders hope that its impact will be as eternal.

They are, you see, choosing to go out of business.
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